Another Alleged Fraud: Uche Edwin Emedo(Also Uche David Obinali)in court for alleged land scam . .As Aminu Rabiu Aliyu accuses her of defrauding him of N17m

Another Alleged Fraud:

Uche Edwin Emedo(Also Uche David Obinali)in court for alleged land scam

. .As Aminu Rabiu Aliyu

accuses her of defrauding him of N17m

According to the First Information Report (FIR) filed on 14 June 2024, at

the Magistrate Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Wuse Zone II, (Court 5)

Uche Edwin Emedo (Also Known as Uche David Obinali)of No. 18 , Lord Lugard Street Asokoro who is the Daughter of Mrs Geraldine Obinali ,Sister to Former Governor of Imo State, His Excellency Senator Rochas Okorocha allegedly provided a forged affidavit of loss and a police extract, claiming the original documents of a Land at plot 98 Jubilation Comfort Estate, Abuja were missing. A land She Claimed and Presented Herself as the Bonafide Owner to the Complainant , Aminu Rabiu Aliyu

Uche Edwin Emedo , Who *alleged* to have defrauded a prospective land buyer Aminu Rabiu Aliyu

of N17 million (about US $21,000) in a scheme that also involved *alleged* forgery , Cheating, Criminal Conspiracy, Breach of Trust, false Information to Mislead Public Servants and deceit

Contrary to SECTION 97,312,322,364,366 AND 140 OF THE PENAL CODE LAW

Aminu Rabiu Aliyu report states and Claimed that he

entrusted the sum of

N17,000,000(Seventeen Million Naira)to her for the said plot of land of which

She , Uche Edwin Emedo Also Known as Uche David Obinali fraudulently handed over to him a forged affidavit of loss of land documents and a

Police extract ,on the claim that the original documents were missing, dishonestly

Converted the money to her personal use and absconded. During the Police investigation,

it was discovered that she deceitfully swore to an Oath before the Honorable Court,

mischievously generated a forged Police Extract,executed a deed of assignment on

behalf of Kasimed Oil and gas Nig. Ltd, alongside a forged board of resolution on behalf

of the company in order to mislead and receive the said money ,whereas the original

documents were discovered to be with her Ex-Husband, one Chinedu Okoro.

thereby allegedly committing the above mentioned offences of Duping Him Aminu Rabiu Aliyu of the Said N17M (Seventeen Million Naira)

The FIR further states that she allegedly converted the money for her personal use

During the court hearing on 6 November 2025, Uche Edwin Emedo pleaded not guilty and denied any wrongdoing. Her counsel entered an oral application for bail under Sections 35(4) and 36(5) of the Constitution and Section 162 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (2015). The prosecution did not oppose the application.

Magistrate Habiba I. U. Bello of

the Magistrate Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Wuse Zone II,

granted bail to Uche Edwin Emedo Also Known as Uche David Obinali

in the sum of N5 million, requiring two Surety with verifiable means of livelihood and residence within the court’s jurisdiction. The case has been transferred from Wuse Zone 6 and will proceed de novo. It is also Important to Note that one of her Surety was Hon Prince Daniel Kanu who at that time was one of her Surety Claimed and accused her of Defrauding him of the Sum of Five Million Naira (N5m) which led to his withdrawal as her Surety.

The matter has attracted attention from local observers, given the scale of the alleged financial loss and the involvement of a Prominent Estate in the Abuja Capital.

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